Sunday, January 30, 2011

Good post surgery day

We thought we would let people know that Julia is doing well after her surgery yesterday.  The surgery has really helped her blood pressure and her profusion to her organs.  She has been moved to yet another ventilator( we now know about 3 kinds. the “jet”, the “oscillator”, and the “regular”)  This time it is the oscillating ventilator.  Her blood oxygen saturations are looing good, and they are only giving her a 80% oxygen mix, so that is good, as she was at almost 100% right after the surgery. 

photo(4)It’s pretty amazing to see all the medicines that she is getting to keep her body in balance.  To think that a mother with a baby in her tummy doesn’t have to do anything special for her baby to have all the right things in the right balance.  For Julia, she has many monitors, devices, medicines, and a full-time nurse, respiratory therapist, as well as a physician to try and do the same thing.  We are so grateful for what they are doing for her.  Being an uncomfortable mom at 9 months doesn’t seem so uncomfortable any more.

Here is a picture of all the medicines, drugs, food, etc being given to Julia. There’s a syringe on each little machine.

7 comments:

Bobbidee said...

Totally unreal. Yes, she has certainly put many things in perspective for me too. Thank you so much for sharing. Makes being really far away much easier. :)

5 Dancing Princesses said...

And to think there are those who believe all of this, growing a baby in a person, was the result of a big bang. I think not! Birth is a miracle and anyone who doesn't see it is blind.

Becky said...

That last comment was mine, oops. I was still logged in as you :)

Ruth said...

I am Melissa Hoyal's mom and I think about you and your little girl every day. I have a friend that had a 23 week baby and Isabelle is now a happy, healthy 2-year old. Many blessing to you and your family.

Melissa said...

I am very impressed that Mom's can do that for their babies with just a little uncomfort but I am also impressed with all the amazing people who figured out how to recreate all that so little Julia can grow up to be a healthy girl. I am glad she is doing well after her surgery.

Johnson Family said...

WOW!! I think I just know about the regular ventilator that Jacob was on. What a blessing technology is.

Thank you for keeping us posted. Love you guys.

Anne said...

what a beautiful family you have! i wish nothing but the best for julia and all of you! i think about your family often. i know 3 beautiful little girls who were all born between 23-25 weeks and are perfectly healthy now (ages 2-8). modern science is wonderful and blessings from our heavenly father are even better!